A strong light flashed through the tunnel of the tomb. A man holding a strong flashlight shone in all directions, searching for the stone walls and vault of the tunnel, as well as the darkness in front of him.
When the strong light shone on the stone wall at close range, the man's appearance was reflected in the darkness.
The middle-aged man was thin. His hair was neat, and his face was fair. He was full of energy. His eyes were full of spirit, and his expression was calm.
He was clean and dressed neatly. He wore a black Tang suit and held a straight walking stick in his hand.
For such a clean and tidy appearance to appear in this kind of tomb environment, those who did not know him would find it rare, but those who knew him would find it normal. This was an underground archaeologist. In the early days, people in the world of martial arts called him Master Thief. Later, as his experience and status grew, he was respectfully called Daoye.
Under normal circumstances, the Taoist Grandpa would be cultivating in seclusion. Just like a Taoist Priest, he rarely went out personally. Only when he encountered a more interesting place would he personally take a look. For example, the shape of the tomb in front of them was very rare.
The walking stick tapped on the ground as he walked. When the ground let out a metallic clang, Daoye stopped. He was not in a hurry to look at the ground. Instead, his gaze followed the beam of light and scanned the surroundings. A huge underground space appeared in front of him. Under the beam of light, he could roughly make out the underground palace of the tomb. Such a huge underground palace was extremely rare.
After roughly observing the surroundings, the beam of light shone under his feet. The walking stick tapped on the ground a few more times. Then, he used the tip of his feet to rub the ground a few times, scraping away the accumulated dust and revealing the slightly bronze-colored metal floor.
He lifted the walking stick and clamped it under the arm that held the flashlight. The empty hand hung down naturally, and he slowly raised his palm. A slight cyclone appeared in the accumulated dust on the ground. Suddenly, he flipped his palm and pushed it forward. Qi surged, and the wind from his palm blew out, sweeping away the accumulated dust on the ground in front of him. He slapped his palm a few times, and the dust flew up.
Grabbing his cane, he stood by his side and waited. The rolling dust couldn't get close to him. Using his flashlight, he could tell that the ground in a radius of more than ten meters in front of him was paved with metal. It wasn't just a small area under his feet. There seemed to be engravings on the metal ground. If he didn't clear all the dust, it would be difficult to see the complete surface.
When the dust settled, Daoye continued to move forward with the help of his cane. From time to time, his flashlight would shine on the dome above. Around the underground palace, there were several dark entrances, just like the tunnel he had walked in. However, he did not know where they led to and what secrets were hidden at the end.
"I've never seen this kind of structure before. Interesting …" Daoye smiled and muttered. However, there was a cracking sound under his feet. It seemed that the ground had sunk in. Then, there seemed to be a buzzing sound coming from underground. It was the sound of an organic spring moving.
Boom! The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground could be heard from the direction of the tunnel.
Master Taoist's expression changed slightly. Based on his experience, he could tell that the passage had been blocked by something that had fallen.
Then, there was a dull creaking sound coming from the other dark entrances. It seemed that some heavy door had been opened.
Daoye loosened his feet and took a few steps back. Using his flashlight, he quickly looked around. He knew that he had stepped on a mechanism. He didn't know what kind of mechanism had been set up in the tomb. If it could block the way in and out, it meant that the mechanism had bad intentions.
He was highly vigilant of his surroundings. However, after waiting for a while, it was quiet and he could not hear any movement.
Instead, there was an explosion coming from the direction of the entrance. It shook the ground, and the buzzing sound echoed in the underground palace.
Soon, he sensed a different movement coming from the reverberating buzzing sound. The flashlight quickly shone on a dark cave entrance. It seemed like something was running. Under the light, a pair of green eyes appeared from the depths of the cave entrance. Then, a complete silhouette appeared, and a person in ragged clothes appeared.
It didn't look like a human either. It looked like a mummy. It was covered with white hair and sharp teeth. Under the flashlight, its eyes glowed green. Its ten sharp claws were green and black. It rushed out of the cave and pounced at him with a roar. Holes appeared all around him.
Zombies! An idea flashed through Daoye's mind. His hands did not stop. He twisted the handle of his cane, and a cold light came out of the cane. His body flashed and he quickly stepped back. He turned his body sideways to avoid the zombie's fierce attack. He raised his sword and in an instant, green blood spurted out from the zombie's neck.
The zombie's head flew off and was separated from its body. Its body fell to the ground with a bang. It twitched on the ground and couldn't get up after a few tries.
Daoye's movements did not stop. The sword in his hand flashed continuously. One by one, the figures that pounced at him were cut down by him. He could only see the flashlight flashing in front of him.
There was not only one zombie. There were zombies roaring and rushing at him from the holes around him. There were more and more of them.
Under the siege, he was caught unprepared. It was too late to defend himself with just the sword in his hand. He used both his hands and feet and hurriedly pierced the heart of a zombie with his sword. However, he found that piercing the heart was useless. The zombie still slashed at him with its claws. The Taoist Grandpa kicked out with great force, sending the zombie flying and knocking down a few more behind him. Without waiting for his foot to land on the ground, he spun in the air and gave a back kick, sending another one flying. Once again, he twisted his waist and gave a series of kicks, sending a few more zombies flying. At the same time, the cold light in his hand beheaded a few more zombies.
In a short while, more than twenty ferocious zombies had fallen around him. Under the siege, none of them could hurt him. However, he could not stop his hands and feet. A normal person would have been beaten to the point where they wouldn't dare to approach him. However, these zombies were not afraid of death. Their attacks were fierce and hard to deal with.
"Da da da …" Suddenly, rapid gunfire came from the entrance. A skinny man was holding an automatic rifle. The bullets were madly shooting at the zombies that were pouncing at Daoye.
After a series of shots, the skinny man found that the bullets did not have much effect on the targets. Instead, they attracted some zombies to pounce at him. He obviously had some experience in dealing with these things. He quickly adjusted his aim and hit the heads and knees of the zombies.
The zombies that were charging at him were either beaten to the point where they lost the ability to run and crawled on the ground. Or they were shot in the head and fell to the ground.
The bullets from the muzzle shone on the cold and expressionless face of the skinny man. He was extremely calm.
Seeing that the zombies were charging at him without fear of death, he did not retreat. Instead, he moved forward to meet them. He quickly changed the magazine and pulled the bolt of the gun. The gunfire stopped for a moment and then continued. As he moved forward unhurriedly, he switched to holding the automatic rifle with one hand and pulled out the pistol at his waist with the other. He wiped the gun on his belt and loaded the bullets with a click. Without even looking, he casually fired two shots at the head of the zombie that had broken its knee joint and was about to crawl in front of him, directly blowing up its head.
From time to time, he would pull back the pistol and fire a few shots behind him, blowing up the heads of the zombies that were pouncing at him from behind.
He easily changed the magazine of the automatic rifle and pistol with one hand. He was very familiar with the use of firearms. The zombies could not even get close to him before they fell one after another.
When Daoye flashed and cut off the head of the last zombie in front of him, the skinny man's automatic rifle also knocked down the last zombie that was pouncing at him. Daoye kicked the cane with the tip of his foot and somersaulted down from the sky. He casually sheathed his sword and turned it back into a cane. His movements were clean and neat. He raised his hand to smooth his messy hair.
The underground palace was filled with a strange stench.
The skinny man circled around Daoye. When he encountered zombies that were still alive after being cut in half or were still struggling with their legs cut off, he fired two shots at the heads of the zombies with the automatic rifle or two shots at the heads of the zombies with the pistol.
When all the zombies in the underground palace had stopped moving, the skinny man was vigilant of his surroundings. He quickly changed the magazine, put the pistol back at his waist, and hung the automatic rifle on his shoulder. He pulled out a tube from his back and pulled it open. Flaming fireworks appeared and were thrown out with burning smoke. He threw a few in all directions. The general outline of the underground palace was revealed under the illumination of the fireworks. There was a ring-shaped dome and a pile of zombie corpses on the ground.
The skinny man walked to the man who was tidying up his clothes and said indifferently, "Daoye, the enemies outside have been dealt with. Our brothers are guarding the entrance. The rocks blocking the entrance have also been blown up. We can retreat at any time."
Daoye grunted. He shone the flashlight on the zombie corpses on the ground and turned them over with his cane.
The skinny man looked at the corpses around him and estimated that there were at least a hundred of them. He was somewhat puzzled and said, "Where did all these zombies come from?"
"Who knows. Even if we encountered them in the past, it was only one or two. So many of them … This place is interesting. I didn't come for nothing!" Daoye chuckled and shone the flashlight again. It stopped on a ten-meter-tall statue of Guanyin. It was sitting cross-legged against the wall and looked very compassionate.
The entire underground palace was empty except for the abrupt Guanyin statue sitting there. It was hard not to notice it.
The flashlight stopped on the neck of the statue and found that there was a pendant hanging on the neck of Guanyin. The entire statue of Guanyin was carved out of stone. The pendant was obviously worn by someone else. For the time being, it seemed that it was the only moving object in the entire underground palace.
Daoye carefully walked over. After suffering a loss, he knew that this tomb was unusual. He knocked the ground with his cane like a blind man exploring the road. In fact, he was listening to the echoes on the ground to see if there was anything unusual. He was careful not to step on the mechanism again.
When he came to the statue of Guanyin, he looked up and knocked the statue with his cane again. He listened to the sound and took a deep breath. Suddenly, he jumped lightly and landed on the legs of the statue. He jumped again and quickly climbed to the statue's shoulder. He squatted down and pulled the chain on Guanyin's neck to take a look. He found that it was a metal chain. He pulled the pendant up and blew off the dust. He shone the light on it and found that it was a palm-sized bronze mirror.
He had never seen this bronze mirror before. However, it was different from the chain. The chain was rusty, but the bronze mirror was antique. There was no rust on it.
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